Sarcogyne albothallina

Sarcogyne albothallina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Acarosporales
Family: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Sarcogyne
Species:
S. albothallina
Binomial name
Sarcogyne albothallina
K.Knudsen, T.B.Wheeler, Kocourk. & M.Westb. (2016)

Sarcogyne albothallina is a species of rock-dwelling, crustose lichen-forming fungus in the family Acarosporaceae.[1] It was formally described as a new species in 2016 from specimens collected from the Missouri Breaks region of Montana. It is differentiated from others in Sarcogyne by its white, non-powdery thallus and by the presence of 4-O-methylhiascic acid, a combination of features that separates it from other species sharing a blackened upper spore-bearing surface (carbonized epihymenium).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Sarcogyne albothallina K. Knudsen, T.B. Wheeler, Kocourk. & M. Westb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  2. ^ Knudsen, Kerry; Kocourková, Jana; Westberg, Martin; Wheeler, Tim (2016). "Two new species of Acarosporaceae from North America with carbonized epihymenial accretions". The Lichenologist. 48 (5): 347–354. doi:10.1017/S0024282916000256.